Manager

 

• Promote the artist’s career in all ways and at all times
• Scheduling
• Record company relations
• Getting deals
• Booking tours/gigs
• Setting up product endorsements
• Arranging interviews/promotions
• Blagging cheap studio time
• Needs to be a tough negotiator
• Surrogate nanny
• Filters approaches
• Incredibly organised, focused, resourceful and determined
• Keep motivation and morale going
• Typically paid 20% or artists gross income

 

Promoter

 

• Normally works for a venue or series of venues
• Rents venues for the night
• Books acts to appear on his nights
• Advertise and sell tickets
• Pays for venue, bands, tickets, advertising
• If enough tickets are not sold the promoter loses money
• If lots of tickets are sold the promoter makes a large profit

 

 

Tour Manager

 

• Large scale
  • Hotels for band and crew
  • Ensure everyone at venue in time for sound check
  • Buses/planes between cities
• Smaller scale
  • Driving the van
  • Bringing the maps
  • Ensuring enough CDs to sell at shows